ID: 8764  -  Gigliola Sacerdoti Mariani  -  Firenze Type: Text    MEDITERRANEAN Format: Medium: Book Extent: 4 pp. Identifier: Source: Berg Collection Title: Mediterranean Subtitle: Alternative: [Wreckage of War] Agents: Creator: Rukeyser, Muriel Role: Author Name: Rukeyser, Muriel Created: 1937 Date: Issued in/on: 1938 Language: English Rights: Relation: IsPartOf Relation: HasPart Relation: IsVersionOf Qualifier: Mediterranean Qualifier: Wreckage of War by Francisco Goya, on the cover. Qualifier: Mediterranean Coverage: Place: Time: Description: This booklet contains a version of “Mediterranean” which is slightly different from the original one, that had appeared in New Masses in 1937. On its back cover, the following appeal for funds is printed under the meaningful title Today in Spain: “Eight American hospitals have been established by the Medical Bureau to aid Spanish Democracy. One hundred and thirteen surgeons, nurses and ambulance drivers, with fifty two ambulances and tons of medical equipment are saving hundreds of lives daily. What you contribute today, will receive the heartfelt thanks of a heroic people” Subjects: Places Subjects: Places Subjects: Identity Subjects: Identity Subjects: Identity Subjects: Identity Subjects: Identity Subjects: Displacement Subjects: Exchanges Subjects: Definitions of Culture Subjects: Internationalism/Transnationalism Subjects: Internationalism/Transnationalism Subjects: Internationalism/Transnationalism Subjects: War Subjects: War Subjects: Wo/Men Subjects: Wo/Men Subjects: Wo/Men Subjects: Identity Keywords: Spain Keywords: US Keywords: anti-fascism Keywords: consciousness raising Keywords: democracy Keywords: poetry Keywords: politics Keywords: Rukeyser, Muriel Keywords: US Keywords: anti-fascism Keywords: co-operation Keywords: democracy Keywords: Europe Keywords: Barcelona Keywords: Spain Keywords: artists Keywords: Rukeyser, Muriel Keywords: writers Keywords: Modernism Query Subject+Keyword: (Places, Spain) Query Subject+Keyword: (Places, US) Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, anti-fascism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, consciousness raising) Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, democracy) Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, poetry) Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, politics) Query Subject+Keyword: (Displacement, Rukeyser, Muriel) Query Subject+Keyword: (Exchanges, US) Query Subject+Keyword: (Definitions of Culture, anti-fascism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Internationalism/Transnationalism, co-operation) Query Subject+Keyword: (Internationalism/Transnationalism, democracy) Query Subject+Keyword: (Internationalism/Transnationalism, Europe) Query Subject+Keyword: (War, Barcelona) Query Subject+Keyword: (War, Spain) Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, artists) Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, Rukeyser, Muriel) Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, writers) Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, Modernism) Comment: The Spanish Civil War is the theme which unifies a large portion of Rukeyser’s poetry and “Mediterranean” is her first major poem about her experience in Spain. This booklet confirms Rukeyser’s belief in the need for social concern on the part of the writers: it is a concrete affirmation of her conception of poetic responsibility. It is an answer to the question which is posed in the poem itself: “Where is the place for poetry?”. See records 8354,8526,8596,8794,8765.